Data-Gathering in Colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900 : Framing the Other /

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Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers who wrote about Southe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farish A. Noor (Farish Ahmad Noor), 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism.
Colonies > Administration.
Colonies.
Colonial influence.
British colonies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Colonies > Asia.
Southeast Asia.
Asia.
Great Britain > Colonies > Southeast Asia > Administration > History.
Southeast Asia > Colonial influence.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Empire-building did not only involve the use of excessive violence against native communities, but also required the gathering of data about the native Other. This is a book about books, which looks at the writings of Western colonial administrators, company-men and map-makers who wrote about Southeast Asia in the 19th century. In the course of their information-gathering they had also framed the people of Southeast Asia in a manner that gave rise to Orientalist racial stereotypes that would be used again and again. Data-Gathering in Colonial Southeast Asia 1800-1900: Framing the Other revisits the era of colonial data-collecting to demonstrate the workings of the imperial echo chamber, and how in the discourse of 19th century colonial-capitalism data was effectively weaponized to serve the interests of Empire.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9789048544455

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